The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, March 29, 1882, Image 2
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Ihe Press and Banner.
By Hugh Wilson and II. T. Wardlaw.
Wednesday, March 29.1882.
County Chairman.
The lime is rapidly ftppron-ching
when llio Democracy of Abbevillp
roirnty will be vailed to assemble for
the purpose of organizing the party
for the Coming comflict. and it is
time that our people were beginning
to think of a suitable person to lead
ih the campaign. We would warn
our people against schisms. As our
farmer County Ch&irmart hAs so often
wisely said, we should let no root of
bitterness spring up among us. The
selection of h Countv Chairman de
mantis our wisest counsels and most
generous conservatism.
If we allow ourselves to enter into
n strife within the party lines as to personal
likes Und dislikes the must serious
cnti^cfjuences may result. To
avoid evil to the party we would suggest
that we select A man who would
t?e acceptable to all parties. When we
say all parties, we refer to the seeming
minor divisions in the Democratic
ranks between our oft 11 people. That
there are divisions is not to he denied,
and that these little differences may
he healed, and that all may unite
T.r.der the leadership of a good County
Chairman, we suggest that a man, acceptable
to all, should he chosen. Our
'county chairman should enjoy the confidence
and respect ofour whole people.
If there is in the county a man upon
whom weean unite, let us choose him
for the oflice. lie should he a man
wise in counsel, and conservative in
action. One whose sencerity of purnose
and determination to succeed ?? i 11
inspire enthusiasm among the people
Ym whom wc are to look for protection
from the evil which threatens us.
Theofliceof County Chairman should
not be cousidered as an empty honor.
Upon that officer is confided important
trust, and he should have the confidence
not only of our own people-,
hut of the whole of the State, and especialy
of the Democratic State Executive
Committee. Let us not act hastily,
hut begin now to think of the m- tter.
Let us select no extreme parti gan
of either division of the Democratic
party. That would not do. But
?et us put in the office a man who can
ftftord to be fair to everybody. Without
a good County Chairman there is
no telling where we may drift. As
you value good government, and the
maintenance of Democratic rule,
act wisely.
The Insurance Trick lVhich has Sncfceeded
too Often.
"Mr. tt. W. Seibels, of Columbia,
has been in Newberry several dn.vs acting
for the Queen Insurance Company
in adjusting Henry Kennedy's loss bv
fire. lie offered to settle at $1,181.75
on the house and $192on lass and damage
to furniture; but Kennedy refused."?
Herald.
Does this paragraph not contain
* food for thought ? Did that company
act rightly or honestly in taking money
on a policy which they openly refuse
to pay as soon as the house is
burnt? If the Queen Insurance Com
pany can look at the lot on which the
house stood, and after scraping in its
ashes ascertain to within twenty-five
cents of it* value, wUy could they not
have approximated the value of the
same house before it was burnt? The
Insurance Companies ought to be men
of good business capacity, but if they
or their agents who can make a personal
inspection of the property, before
insuring, lack the judgment or
business tact to approximate tl> true
value of a building, and then take the
premium on a policy, no matter what
the amount, they should be made to
pay. If the agent of the Queen In
buranee Company had entered into a
solemn contract in writing to buy
Kennedy's house at any specified
price, lie could have held them to a
compliance villi their'part of that
agreement, and we see no reason why
Kennedy should not get the money
which the company promised on his
policy if his house should he burnt.
This way of "beating" unfortunate
policy holders out of a portion of their
just dues has gone on long enough.
Such a course deserves the condemnation
of all good men. Of course the
Queen Insurance Company claim that
they propose to pay to Kennedy all
that hia hou?e was worth for burning
purposes, while denying their obligation
to pay him the insurable value.
This seems like a game of "Heads, I
win; Tails,you lose." Kennedy may
have paid the premium on the company's
admitted insurable value for a
life time, and they may have quietly
pocketed the excess, but after it has
been laid in ashes, it has been suddenJy
discovered that it is not now worth
ns much as it was when the company
were annually taking Kennedy's
money. We believe our citizens deserve
that protection which the Legislature
and the Courts only can pive in
such cases, and we hope thot Kennedy
may liave the manhood to put his
fclaiin in Court, where the Queen Insurance
Company may plead their inability
to estimate the value of a house
before it is burnt, while proving themselves
adepts at figures when the time
comes for them to pay.
If the companies feel proud of
"beating" the policy-holders out of a
portion of their just dues, why do
they not publish in their annual
statements, the amounts which they
have made to the company by tneir
cxpertness in the business of taking
premiums on policies which they
inay have avoided the just payment ?
Our advice to every policy-holder in
case of fire, is, to demand the paya
hient to the last cei t which the com
pat.ies may have promised. There Is
not a jury in South Carolina that will
interfere with their contract. When
they received the premium on the policy
they were hound by their agreement
to pay the sum mentioned when
the property should be destroyed, and
there is no means of defrauding a |>oIicy-holder
out of his money, if he contends
for it. Let every policy-holder
who may he so unfortunate as to lose
his property, hold on to his policy until
the whole of the money is paid,
fco profitat4e has *bc?en this business of
obtaining abatements, we are of opinion
that shrewd men are kept in their
employ as "adjusters." If any man
should lose his property, he should
* 1 /.:?/inmotnLrO OilP f?PHt
(Urider uu vnvuiuoiuiivtg
less than the amount promised.
Sentences of Court.
We make the following note from
(lie Darlington Southerner's account of
the recent Court at that place.
Ralph Beckton for simple assault
and battery was sentenced to pay a
fine of $30 or to go to the penitentiary
six months.
Nathan B. Minis for assault and battery
and attempt to kill, was sentenced
to pay a fine of $50 and to go to jail
two months. In case of failure to pay
the SoO he was to be sent to the penitentiary
si.x months.
Ilenry Mack was sent to the penitentiary
ciyht years for robbery.
Various other convicts were sent to
the. penitentiary one year for "stealing,"
"larceny," <fcc. Others Tor grand
larceny were sentenced to the penitentiaiy
frouxeighteen months to lour
years.
o -
Mb. T. J. llKAttt -T has receutly
cleared bottoms on Hard Labor.
The Crime of Debt.
''The man who neglects to pay his
poll tax is regarded by the law, and wo
think rightly, as a criminal, and criminals
must he punished at any cost.
I'liie punishrtient, however, can ea.-ily
be made to be d refilled and zealously
Iavohled in the future. Let the poil
j tux dodgers be given until withWi live
(days of the election to pay ; then if
jthey are still delinf|uent let the last
one of them be given the choice between
paying what he owes the State
and being locked up until after the
election is over. The deprivation of
j l\1s vote is a punishment the negro
: Will feel, and when it is once inflicted
; lie will take care not to merit it again.
I It is easy to haVe by the method indicated,
a virtual poll inx qualification
of the suffrage, without conflict with
the constitution.?Greenville Seicx.
; From the sentiments here expressed
we dissent. Our Legislature we believe
did pass an act making it a
crime to neglect to pay the poll tax,
and we believe our Supreme Court has
?iist:iinr><l f lio lnw lint, pvprv man
must fear the precedent, and every
! man vim reads the Constitution must
know that thus to deprive a man of
i his right to vote is against the spirit
and the words of the Constitution,
' which is the stipfenve law of thecoun|
try. The provisions of that instrument,
under a just administration of
the laws, cannot he evaded by the
| means of purposely throwing impecunious
citizens into prison. The Condition
says that "the General Assem,'bly
shall never pass any law that will
j"<kyrive any of the citizens of this
".State of the right of suffrage, except
["for treason, murder, rohhery or duelj
"ling,''and yet the Greenville News
'would put delinquent tax-payers in
jail during the time of election for the
[purpose of depriving them of the
privilege of voting. These words are
still in the Constitution : "No person
"shall ever be deprived of the right of
"suffrage for the noil-payment of said
"tax." The same section of the Constitution
saysl "Nor sha'l the
"amount assessed on each poll exceed
"the limit [one dollar] given in this
"section." But in the face of these
words tlve Legislature, in order to
evade a plain provision of the organic
law, enact that the failure to-pay is a
dime punishable byj{/icand imprisonment.
The Constitution says that "no
"person shall lie imprisoned for debt,
"except in cases of fraud." A blind
{man could see that a citizen conmyts
J no "fraud," in the common acceptation
of the meaning of the word, beJcause
of his being unable to pay his
poll tax. We leave it to the good
sense of the average reader to form his
;own conclusion as to whether the dellinqnent
tax-payer can he fairly cheated
out of Ilia constitutional right to
vote by illegal Legislation, or by the
fine reasoning of the Supreme Court.
Even if the Constitution did not prevent,
we c?ui not throw ten thousand
negroes in jail to prevent their voting,
and if a less number were imprisoned,
the majority would still be against us.
We think it would have been wiser in
the Legislature not to attempt to
evade the plain words of the Constitution,
and that it would have been
more manly in the Supreme Court to
overrule their action than to sustain it.
If the United States could ever get a
showing at this Legislation the matter
will be settled.
Agricultural Liens.
It seems that our law-makers of late
yeRrs have been scrupulously mindful
of the landlord, whom they would
| favor by special legislation. The statu
tory lien for rent, and the right to distrain.
are iniquitous proceedings which
have the effect of partially enslaving
the tenant, and, in our opinion, is entirely
against the spirit of ourConstitution.
The Constitution exempts certain
property from ievy and sale, but
as we understand it, |lie law authorizing
the right to distrain for rent,
gives to the landlord the privilege of
oppressing his tenant to a degree never
contemplated in the Constitution.
We wish that it were possible to get
a decision on this subject from some of
the highercourts. Do our Legislators
get their ideas of special legislation in
favor of the landlord, from the aristocratic
countries, or do they find enactments
an easy means of electioneering?
Why should the law interfere With its
citizens in the collection of their
debts ? In aDemocraticcountry every
citizen should have exact and equal
justice* and we see no reason forgiving
one class of creditors prefrence over
another. A debt is a debt, whether
it is for rent of land, or for the punchase
of baron. Each creditor should
be allowed an equal chance before the
law. The Iand-o\Vner risks only the
profits of his farm, while the merchant
risks his capital. If the merchant
i fails to collect^ he loses his capital but
jit is entirely different with the farmer
I t i i 1 n i r-. f 11 r* lu in rw\
u uug u?t j?t ijr 1.1 mi uu
way involved. Even with just laws,
the landowner has greatly the advantage
of the merchant in being on tlie
land where he can constantly look
after his interests with so much
more ease, and with so much less
expense. This kind of legislation
is on a por with the law which
establishes the extreme sanctity of
the neglected corn-field, and is in
keeping with the acts of our Judges
! in pandering to public favor by learned
'disquisitions from the Bench on the
jenormity of the crime of stealing a
I dozen ears of corn, or appropriating a
j water melon or a pumpkin of another,
lit is quite possible if not probable,
! that some of these Judges themselves,
! when in their boyhood, have eaten a
I neighbor's watermelons without the
(knowledge cr consent of the owner.
With the laws all against him, we
I think the merchant risks much in advancing
money to grow a crop, oat:
third of which he has no right to
! touch.
An Affliction to n Noble Man.
! It is with no small degree of regret
! that we learn of an affliction which
'has recently befallen on as true and
1 patriotic a citizen as ever preached the
gospel or ever shouldered a musket.
We refer to the Rev. E. W. Home of
j Edgefield. When we first knew him
j he was chaplain of the 19th R. S. C.
\r a T.V 1
j v. Aut'iwuru an lMJgeni'iu y
the one in which he entered the service
as a private soldier,?offered him
the Captaincy of their -company, and
j no braver officer ever wielded a sword.
' He was always with his company, and
j never absent from the post of danger,
j Of his recent affliction the Edgefield
i Chronicle says:
"Affliction to Rev. E. W.
Hokxk.?The many friends of Rev. E.
W. Hone, of Ridge Spring, will be
pained to learn that he has been prostrated
with paralysis. This affliction
came to him on Monday of last week,
and although the slroke was but partial,
it was nevertheless quite severe.
But we are gratified io learn that lie is
! improving, and that a speedy and comElefe
recovery is not improbable. To
e deprived of active participation in
ibis duties as minister, businessman,
i citizen and neighbor, would not only
be a sad affliction to himself and fam
ily, but it would be a serious loss to tlu
community in which he lives. In all
of these relations he is a model that
the best would do well to emulate,
; That his restoration may be speedy and
: permenent will be the wish and pruyer
of all who have had the pleasure ol
liiu nfim.'ii nt/ilipf."
' The sermon from Rev. Dr. Grier
will be rend with interest by our subscribers.
His ability and purity of
character are so \.ell known tliat it is
only necessary to state that one of his
sermons are to be found in another,
column of this week's Frees and Banj
ncr.
Working Backwards.
J We have often heard of farmers
j who failed to get their bottomlands
i planted, because they either get too:
jdry and hard to plow or were too
'much over-grown with weeds and j j
;grass by the time they finished plant-i
ling their upland in cotton, taking it j
;ns a matter of course that the uplands;
jshould be planted first. This should !
| not lie the rule. Bottoms should bej
.! made ready for the crop as soon as the '
land is in a condition to plow. The |
; hill sides can wait, and if they are t
j never planted it will be no serious j
matter, hut no farmer who expects to , i
earn a living and he able to pay his '
i debts can afford to neglect his bottoms. ]
An acre of good bottom land willeasi- j
ly make twenty-five bushels of corn, j *
To cultivate that acre will cost, inj i
preparation and planting, say six)'
days work with a mule and man ; and j,
two days with hoe hand. Put the ser- JI
; vices of mule and man at $1.50 a day, '
$9.00, and hoe hand for two days at 7-5
cents. $1.50, making the total cost of
planting an acre of bottoms not morel',
than $10.50, which will make twenty-],
five bushels of corn. Twenty-fivejj
j bushel* of corn at $1.40 when bought!
on a credit would cost in the stores.
i I
j!*35. To get this twenty-five bushels I j
from the store would, on an average,! t
necessitate at least three trips with a 1
'two horse wagon, the driver and an- [
other hand. If the planter lived scv- ?
en or eight tulles from town it would
thus take three days with a pair of
mules to haul the grain home. As we
have estimated the plow animal and
the man at $1.50, we think it would
I be fair to estimate the cost of the
Wagon at $3.00 a day or $0.00 merely
for hauling?an amount equal to the
expense of plowing the acre. If we
count the value ot the shucks at anything,
and the fodder which may
have been pulled on the shares?if the
acre had been cultivated?it will be
seen that if the corn was given to the
j farmer, the cost of hauling it from the
! village to the farm is equal to the cost
I of growing it at home, thus showing a
! clear loss of $35 an acre on all of the
i bottom land which the farmer allows
! to remain idle.
Plant your bottoms first, and then
! plant as much of the hill sides as your j
spare time will allow.
The Educational Craze.
Dr. Mayo and other fanatics on the
oubjeet of universal education at public
expense, are about to run this
j country crnzv in the pursuit of a
j phantom. We think those who are
blindly following the lead of these
men might well afford to put on the
"brake*/' and go slower for a while. |
'This insanity bus snrond now to such I
an extent as to warrant the appearance
of persons at the halls of Congress
with petitions asking the sale of
the publiclatTrUand the appropriation
of the proceeds to universal education.
This whole agitation can result in no
good to any body. The friends of this
ruinous policy we doubt not are honest
and sincere in their advocacy of
the measure and truly believe that it
would be for the public welfare to parcel
out the public property for this
purpose, but we cannot help thinking
they are crazy on that particular subject.
The public or unoccupied lands
would soon be exhausted, if they begin
this scheme, and then the rabble
led by these fanatics would have to
look around for something else on
which they could lay their hands.
The public parks about our cities
would probably go next. And then it
might finally be found necessary to
sell out the public buildings at Washington.
Ordinarily a man should secure
education for his children in the
same way mac ne secures noois nnu j
bread?by his own energy, industry,
thrift and self-denial. We need morals
more than education. We should
greatly'prefer to see the public money
expended in that missionary work,
whicn would impress the true Christian
character upon our people. Better
join Church and State than to
squander our money in the attempt to
educate people who do not want education.
AGRICULTURAL LIEN'S.
An Important Decision by the Supreme
Court of South Carolina.
The question of priority bet wean the
lien of the landlord and that of the merchant
bring of frequent occurrence, the
following decision just rendered will be
read with interest:
KENNEDY VS. REAMES AND MILLER.
The defendant, Miller, agreed with the
defendant Reames, to cultivate a certain
farm belonging to Reames and to receive
; for his labor one-third of the crop to be
| produced upon the place; subject, however,
to the payment of any claim Reames
might have against Miller for money or
supplies which might be advanced to'hitn .
during the year. This agreement was
verbal, but under it Miller went into possession
of the farm. He received some
1 supplies from Reames, and desiring more,
during the year, he gave plaintiff a lien
i under the Act of March 4th, 187S, 1(3Slat., t
411, purporting to be on all the crop to be
made on the farm that year, to secure an
advance for agricultural purposes, to be .
made l>y the said plaintilf. There were .
made upon the place that year five bales .
of cotton and a small quantity of corn.
The cotton was received by Reames and the
proceeds retained, but did not satisfy
bis share of two-thirds and advances. "
| TUP f-orn was uivkibh anu one-imrn. loriy i ,
or fifty bushels, was lell in the hands off
j Miller, who disposed of it. In December i'
| of that year the plaintiff took out under!
the Act*an agricultural waraant against!;
| Miller. The Sheriff, however, found no
! part of the crop in the possession of Mil- '
j ler. The plaintiff then brought this ac- '
j tion in the Circuit Court against both
! Reanies and Miller, praying that the five ]
I bales of cotton which Reames got he pro- J
I duced to satisfy his debt, or that the mon- !
ey arising from the sale should be paid '
into Court. TheCircuit Judgegave judgj
nient for $40 and interest for the plaintilf
against tho defendant Reames, who ap- 1
I pealed. !
The Supreme Court decides as follows:
Millar was a mere hireling to be paid itij|
kind, and had no right to give a lien up-j
j on the crop, which belonged to Reames '
j until the third part was delivered to him j
I (Miller) in payment for his labor. See '
j Hull" vs. Watkins, MSS. Decern her, 20 th
| March, 1881. Assuming that Miller was a
"cultivator of the soil" in the sense ol the i
I Act of 1878, so as to be able to give the ; ]
j lien, he was a tenant of Reames. The soil
I of which he was tho cultivator belonged !
'to Reames, and in reason and justice the '
j amount due for such and occupation was
ias much an advance for agricultural pur|
poses as any supplies that could be fur,1
nishcd him. j
i Section 5 of the Act provides "that the j1
above section shall be subject to tho pro I
! visions of the following sections of the J'
jAct: That each landlord leasing lands !
; for agricultural purposes shall have a I,
i prior and preferred lien for rent to the 1
j extent of one-third of all crops raised on '
I liis lands, ana enforceable in the same;
i manner as liens for advances, which said j
! lien shall !>o valid without recording orj
tiling." So that Reames had a preferred j
; statutory lien to the extent at least ofj'
j one-third of the crop. As to the remain- j1
, iderofhis share of the crop he had no I
i lien, as he had not tiled an agreement;!
j but that was a debt which Miller owed 1
I Reames, and which he paid by transfer-1
1 ring to him the whole of the cotton made '
ion the place. Reaines is not legally re-!
1 j sponsible under the Act of 1878 for re-1
I ceiving the cotton, selling it and applying I
! the proceeds to the balance of his debt. |
I Ilfl was not a party to the agreement with
! plaintiff. The statute declared the lien
1 and furnished the machinery to enforce'
: It, viz., affidavit and warrant in the hands j
j of the Sheriff to seize the crop itself!
, i wherever found, but not the proceeds received
from the sale of the crop. The
warrant was issued and failed to secure!
; | any part of the crop, and this action was 1
instituted to have efficacy given to the;1
statutory lien. The lien given was a right j
which the defective machinery of the
I statute failed to give the means of enforc-1
. ing. As the right of the plaintiff did not!1
exist at common law, but was entirely !
| the creature of statute, the Court cannot:1
, supply the remedy and go beyond that af- !
. lorded by the statute. McLaughlin vs.!1
Itailroad Company, f? Rich. WIS; Stern-!:
! bergcr vs. McSween, MSS., December 30,
Jul v. 18.S0.
r..i ? W1
J UU^IIK'IIL urnnt ic?viovu? vjumvu Vj .
. McUowan, A. J.
Honors fall thick and fast on our friend
1 Hiinnan, of the Lexington Di'patc/i, 11 o :
i is now mayor of Lexington city, and Assistant
Supervisor of the Registration for
1 Lexington county. Don't gel "stuck I
up' now, and not recognize a fellow when
.you meet him,?Edgficld Monitor.
The Inland Sea.
GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF Tilt
REGION FLOODED.
People On Scnffnldst In Bnms mid
( in Hou?<ts---ylock Huddled On
ftnfis nnd Fowls Rousting on the
House Tops.
[ .-J itffiulu Chron IclC. ]
New OHleaus, March So far the
ilelief Committee report twelve thousand
lollar? in cash contributions, besides
umber and other supplies. They propose
at present to raise ?:}0,00(), most of
vhieli will be invested in forage fur stock
I the issue of Government rations is coninued.
The Louisiana Commissioners
tavo Asked the Secretary of War for 500,500
more rations, half of them to be deivered
liere by tho 25th and the balance
ly the 1st prox. The crcvasso at the
\ioun 1 plantation, on HayoilGroseaTote,
ast bank, is reported doinggreat damage
othe sugar plantations in that section,
riie overflow of liavoit Grosso Tete is
auserl by water from I'oiut Coupee crevasse.
A. dispatch from the President of
Police Jurv of West Uaton Houge parish,
oncoming the levees, says : "The river
<hows IJalf an inch decline since last
<>nA ?'nll Knrl
ill along the linos, and hope to hold out
ijiiiinst all thai may come. Constant
watching is necessary to prevent accident.
\ letter received to-day reports the wasting
away of several houses hv crevasses
>elow Water Proof, on the 21st."
New Onlkans, March 24.?-The Times
DcmocnU steamer Tensas arrived at Belli
yesterday. Its correspondent telegraphs
a graphic description of affairs in
hat section and along Black river. At
he month of lied river information was
>l>tained that Hog Point crcvases had
ubmcrged six large plantations. The
stock had generally been sent out of that
section to the hills in Mississippi. On
.he way up to Delhi the steamer picked
ip several families who were in search
>f high ground. After reaching the
nouth of Black river the entire country
^resented tnoappearance of a vast inland
sea, not a speck of land being visible anvivhere.
The houses of squatters of small
armers were abandoned and almost subnergod.
Only thechimneys and roofs of
he houses were ?een above the flood.
The occupants had long since removed
he stock and household goods to the high
ands further up the river. These people
laving no credit cannot furnish themselves
with provisions. The present dis,ress
will be relieved by the ration agents
it Troy and other points. Nearly ail the
women and children of this section have
sent to the hills, but the male population,
ivhiteand colored, arc living in gin houses
ind corn cribs, the floors of which we
scaffolded up above the water. They arc
ivorking hard to save their stock by conveying
them In flat boats to high* land.
\t least eight plantations on Black river
\re submerged, with nothing to mark
their locality but the house tops. The
water in the fields was six feet deep, and
the only means of communication was
by boats. Rafts filled with frightened
;attle, and poultry huddled together on
;he house tops, made the scene ono of
utter desolation and difficult to describe.
After leaving the town of Troy and cnterng
the Tensas river, no land was seen
until wo reached the Bayou Macon Hill,
\ distance of 88 miles, and tho trip
through this section of the State was
more like a sea than river voyage. By
interviewing white and colored people, it
was ascertained that, along the Tensas
river, very little actual suffering for want
if food pVevaiN. as the colored people
have, so l'ar, been furnished with food by
the planters. The stock from this section
lias generally been sent to the hills.
Prominent planters on tho Tensas stated
that they were opposed to the issuance of
government rations, as there was no
destitution along that river so great that
the people could not relieve, and rations
would demoralize the laborers. The
planters generally arc able to feed their
liatids until tho flood is over. The nejrocs
had already refused to assist in carrying
out the stock, saying the Government
would send them rations. Other
planters, however, said many of them
jouhl not get tho city merchants to advance
supplies, and unless tho Government
furnished rations there would be
neat destitution among negroes. I,ieut.
Randolph who was detailed by order of
he War Department to investigate the
. ondition of the people in this section of
ountry, has carefully questioned those
ivhom lie met, and from the facts obtained
:hoconclusion was reached that at present
:he only general destitution which prorail*
is among the white and colored
squatters who cultivate small farms, have
10 help and have neither credit nor
money. The Tiuiex-DemrcraC& steamer
s rendering good service in this section,
removing, etc. A Delhi. Louisiana spatial
says the Blackand and Tensas rivers
md Bayou Macon are rising rapidly, and
ears are entertained that the utock scaffold
along those streams wili bedrowned.
The loss of stock is now estimated at
550.000 and the loss in fences will amount
:o ?100,000.* Fifty-eight thousand peoplo
ive along these streams and cultivate one
uindred thousand acres of land. The
nerflow in Concordia parish extends
from the Black to the Missiesippi river, a
listance of 35 miles. In Tensas parish
to in Tensas river and Bayou Macon to
,ho Mississippi river, a distance of 30
niles j in Franklin parish from Tensas
vest to the Ovachita river, a distance of
10 miles; in Madison parish from Bayon
Vfacon to the Mississippi river, A distance
if 36 miles; in East Carroll parish from
Bayon Macon to the Mississippi river, 10
niles; the tipper portion of Manklin
!..L ...^..4 1**11? Af T,?,unn
*u me iimo wi ini.-iuii, in
.vhioh starts Rayon Macon. The flood
extends to the Onechita rivor, a distance
)!' fifteen miles. Tlio Tensas river, since
iaturdsy, has risen five feet and is still
-ising at the rate of eleven inches in
wenty-four hours. Along the Tensas
ind Bayou Macon the water Is three feet
ligher than in 1874, andthe nnprecedent:d
flow i- accounted for by the breaks in
he levees at Milliken's Bend and Good ich
Landing.?'The rations which have
jeen sent up in this section are sufficient
/? supply the wants of the destitute people
for sotns liine, unless the flood be omes
still more disastrous. The people
ire all in good health and say ifthe water
subsides by the middle of May they will
lialcc a fuil crop.
THE STOCK LAW KUKLUX.
Further Stories of Outrage in Richland
County ? Frank Hampton's
Feucc and a House on Gilhnore'n
Place Burned?Destruction of a Pot:ery?Other
Outrages and Threats.
[Correnpomlrnl of (he jVcirt and Courier.]
Columbia, S. C., March 2S.---The lawess
operations of the anti-stock law men
n the northern and eastern sections of
his country are on the increase.
Last night a dwelling house on E. D.
Sillmore's plantation in Centre Township,
which he had rented to a stock
ninder, was burned by an incendiary,
frank Hampton gave the poor people
ironnd him the privilege of pasturing
;heir stock* on four hundred acres of his
and if they would enclose it with a fence.
The fence was built, and last night forty
panels of it were burned down, it is supposed
by anti-Stock law people.
About 1 o'clock on Tuesday night the
pottery establishment of Landrum &
stork, about five miles from town in the
sandhill country, wasdeslroved by an incendiary
lire. The warehouse and stock
ivere destroyed, the losses amounting to
from $800 to 1,000. There was no insurance
on the property, and there is no
ionbt that the fire was incendiary.
Fhere had been no fire about the place
luring the day, and friends of Capt. Stork
who passed the pottery works at 11 o'clock
in the night of the burning discovered
nothing wrong about the premises. It is
strongly believed that the opponents of
the Stock law procured the com mission of
-his crime. Capt. Stoi k has been a staunch
advocate of the law and has been making
liis preparations for its enforcmont.
ih.m?.,?u l.ofo murlft amiinQt him if hn
1 IJIUUS lin?u ./vw.i .i.??x.w ?
should'attempt to carry on his planting
jfierations without fencing his crops,
which have not been regarded. Those
facts load to the strong presumption that
the anti-Stock law people have tried tc
^ct oven with him by burning his property.
Other outrages have been committed in
the disturbed sections, and masked riders
ind footmen have raided the country during
the past week, uttering vengeaticc
against those who desire to enjoy the advantages
of the stock law. A colli n was
left, a few nights since, in the piazza ol
Mr. P. Thornton's residence, another at
Mr. G. W. Smith's, and another at Mr.
Preston Medlin's. The coliins have heen
oruaim-ntcd with skulls and cross-bones,
imd in some cases threatening letters ol
"tho wratii that is to come," with the usual
display of poor penmanship and bad
spelling. Mr. Stork has offered a roward
of $100 for the arrest, with proof to convict,
of the parties who burned down his
pottery works, and active measures will
no doubt be taken to discover the members
of the club which has taken the law
in its own hand and is attempting to prevent
tho peaceable operation of an Act ol
the LejiislatureJby forceand arms. When
tho United States ollicers get through with
the election cases they might try their
hands in the suppression of another KuKlux
conspiracy.
Senator Ron. Hill, of Georgia, says :
"My life is all behind me. I am simply
Kittiiu; here and waiting for the end."
He ha- had four surgical operations performed
without a permanent relief. The
last operation v as the removal of one ol
tho parotid glands. This incision now
rt'IUM.^ HI Ijrui UIIU IV in uinvnuihiMr J,....
ironstantly into the month. It appears
that Mr,* Hill has indulged no hope ol
i*urc from tlie lirst, as ho lost a sister and
n brother from cancer and it is hereditary
in the family. The physicians nre contemplating
the necessity of a fifth operaLion
to prolong the Senator's life.
W k are pleased to learn that tho Presyterians
c! Edgefield, Trenton an d Johnston
have engaged the services of Rev. S.
Ij. Morris, of Wulhalla, who will devote
his entire time in preaching at these three
points. We do not know how his appointments
have been arranged.?J?ilgc~
fjcld Monitor,
A TIRADE FROM BREWSTER*
The Attorney General Flaying the
Partisan to Perfection and Making
After the "Bis" Fellows-Thc Spirit
| In Which the Soulh Carolina Eie^
tion Cases Are to be Pushed,
j WA^niNGTOii. March 23.?A lonjr letter
' from Attorney General Brewster (o Dalj
Ins SaUnders, Assistant United States IMsi
trict Attorney at Charleston, is published
I with Mi*. Saundef's reply. The first pa]
ragraph commends Saunders for the part
I he has so far taken in the eases on which
j he was sent from Philadelphia-. The reI
maining portion is as lollows : "By the
j the by, I was upon the point of writing
I you a letter this very day upoh A subject
that concerns mo very mttch, and I desire i
yon to cort'vey what I now write to Mr. I
Melton and read every word I do write, j
If I were not ab'?ut to Write to you f i
would write to Mr. Melton. An investigation
has hem recently had hero in |
Washington on the contest between j
ll~ ....,1 I., ?!,? T
nilldiirt miu i iiiiiiuii in um xi
send you now by this mail a printed!
copy of the proceedings and testimony |
and the argument that was sent to rnej
only yesterday. I desire yonr attention
to it and Mr. Molton'sattontion to it; and I
I expressly request you to say to Mr.
Melton that it is my determination to |
have these matters thorougnly investi-!
gated and closely pursued. The right of I
suffrage must bo protected, no matter I
who suffers. I wish Mr. Melton to be j
told by you that I expect ho will proceed j
forthwith against the most important perj
sons who have been concerned in these]
attempts to defeat honest elections liyj
i fraud or forcible means. I say the highestland
most responsible poople are those!
j whom 1 desire to be the first prosecuted
and first pursued. There will be no ex-;
| ample if merely insignificant persons arej
j taken hold of. Those who stand high in j
: the community and have thus ventured
j to violate the law and enoourttgeother* to
; do it are the very persons lo be first prose-,
cutcd, and, if convicted, punished in a1
j signal way. Then things will begin to!
I ehahgc and voters will be encouraged to!
| vote according to their convictions, and I
those who do vote will feel satisfied that,
their votes have been duly counted and j
{surrender cheerfully to an honest re- i
suit. I am very much in earnest about!
| this for I have beared wfc-.' I cannot!
credit?that it is currently said in South I
i Carolina that the only persons who will be
prosecuted will be a few insignificant and
obscure persons. Such prosecutions I
I will not consider being tho<e that justico
; requires to be instituted and pursued.
; The criminal court house should not be
I the poor man's court house. All who
] violate law. and especially the fnnda[
mental law, such as the right of sufi'rage.
; must be made to feel the* terror
I of that law. The abuse of the
j right of sufi'rage such as is charged to
i have been perpetrated in South Carolina
: is practical treason against the dignity of
the peopleand the fundamental principle
of their power, and it must bo signally
1 punished.
I **A+thia nnlnf f harn nincnrl find
i my letter. I was about to send it oft' to
j von, and as I read it over I saw that
! through it ran a pretty sharp tono of re'
probation of this supposed attempt to
| pursue the poor and obscure and to perj
niit tlie prosperous and important to esica'pe
the prosecution that they merit?a.
prosecution for offences they were
[charged with having committed. I see
I nothing in my letter that ought to be
modified for Iatn deeply in earnest about
all this. You are a Democrat and very
properly sympathize with your party, j
and I talk to you with a little more vigor
because )*ou are Democratic, and also because
we enjoy such close personal and
j friendly relations. 1 wish to express my
| Republican convictions upon Hi is subject.
, But, irrespective of my Republican convictions,
I intend more emphatically to
indicate how important all this is to both
sides?that there should be fair playfair
play all around. There is no just!
judgmentof the popular will in any elcc-1
tion that is controlled or biased by force i
or fraud, nud I do insist that both I)omo-j
crats and Republicans should have their;
faces set as dint against any abuses;
; against a free and fair ballot.
I "Colonel Melton I desire shall read:
j this, and I would write directlv to him
upon this subject if it were not that it
| might look like an official admonition
! that to a certain extent was prompted by
| a belief in the rumer that I have before
! repeated, to wit, that the poor and obscure
j wero to he pursued and tho conspicous
and prominent were to escape the iudg
ment of the law. I would not in any
way impeach him, and therefore I wiil
not write even a letter in a kind spirit
that might be construed as giving color
to such an imputation, for I believe, as
the public believe and hope, that he will
do his duty.
"lain with great rospeot, your friend,
"Henjaman Harris linU\VsTER.
"Dalian Saundcrx, Eiq., Annuitant District
Attorney United State*, Charleston,
S. C."
The letter is dated March 17th.
In his reply dated Charleston, March
21st, Saunders says:
"I enclose vo'u a list of the election
cases so far selected for trial, the extract
being selected from yesterday's Charleston
News and Courier. When I reached
Columbia last month Judge Melton instructed
me in my visits to the various
Counties to select the strongest cases
against the most important and influential
men?not to take the little fellows.
You will see by the list enclosed that the
men we propose to irv are, except those
from Burnwell County, the managers of
elections. That is, the election oHlcers
who carry on the elections on the day of
election, like the judges and inspectors of
elections in Pennsylvania. Then we
have a caso from Sumter Count v against
t'>o Board of County Commissioners;
they are the men who count the returns
J from the various precincts of their respective
Counties and forward it to the!
Board of State Canvassers.
THIEVES?"WHITE AND COLORED.
The \ra? the Former are Dealt With In
Georgia, and the Treatment Which
the Latter Receive in South Carolina.
Last week we noticed the following
parngraphs among' our exchanges.
We make no comment, but let ihe
items speak for themselves.
Aft?r Recovering the Goods, she was
Released.
[ Washington Gazette.]
A white woman was suspected of
stealing by a merchant in this p!ace
on Tuesday, and her buggy looked into
by a clerk, who found the stolen
goods, with others that had not been
missed. She had concealed the goods
under her sack, and taken them to her
buggy. The merchant was very lenient,
and let her go unmolested after he
had recovered the goods.
Alter Recovering the Goods he was
Given Fifty Stripes on the
Rure Hack.
[Anderson Journal.]
It is not generally known that corporeal
punishment for theft was recently
indicted in Anderson. A young
! negro stole a pocketful of eggs about
nightfall from a certain business house,
but he was detected before he could get
away and *.vas sent to the guardhouse
in charge cf a policeman. Later in
the evening negotiations between the
thief and the owner of the eggs resulted
in the former chosing a sound
1 whipping at the hands of the latter
rather than be subjected to prosecu:
tion, and voluntarily pulled off his
coat and shirt to receive fifty stripes
from a buggy whip. No doubt more
good was accomplished than could
have been done by legal prosecution,
: and the idea suggests itself that it
might be well to oftener leave a choice
? to petty thieves.
If our memory serves us rightly our
. neighbor, the Journal once gave us a
; lecture for speaking out in reference to
a certain outrage which was commitI
ted on the Air Line Railroad some two
ior three years ago, and now the Jour
I ms*/ flmlu If in I fa hpni'f tn onHnrco Hiiu
11 most shameful assault and battery up(
on the person cf a youthful thief.
' Convicted at Eighty Five Executive
Clemency for Him.
[Newberry Herald.']
At the last term of Court an old colI*
ored man named William Wallace was
. convicted, in his absence, of liojjstealing
and a sealed senteniiH was left by
11 the Judge". At the time of the trial
nothing was known of his age or con|
dition ; and it has since become known
; that the old fellow did not kiwnv that
; he ought tocouie to Court, and had lie
known it he could not have come, on
account of his feeble condition. It is
(also quite certain that he was really
i j not guilty; his conviction arose from
the fact that some meat was found in
hie house which was thought to be a
ipart of the stolen hog; but he had just
j previously killed a hog of hisowu. It
j would be next to impossible for the old
negro to steal a hog or anything else.
; William is the first negro thai Colonel
(Hopkins Williams ever owned and lie
' is So years old. He has not been arrested
since his conviction; and the
1 Governor has expressed his .intention
of granting him a pardon if the Judge
and .Solicitor will recommend it, which
I they will no doubt do.
9 9
A Hemakkahlk Family.?Thero is a
i family in tlie Mush Creek neighborhood i
! consisting of lather, mother and ten
I grown children. The original couple
j never lost a child, anil each of the ten is
married and in good circumstances; all
are sober and industrious, and there is a
total absence of the traditional "black i
sheen." Last. but b.v no means least, tho
combined weight of the twelve aggregates
2,f>00 pounds?ail average of 208;
pounds apiece.?(Jreenvillc JS\us. i
i??i??
DUE TYEST ?tLPlT?
Seruioh by the Rev. T$\ M. JL Grler,
D. D.
"How can .re believe that revive honor
one of another?" John q: 44.
The Bible (hies not teach men to despise
public opinion nssucb. It gives no countenance
to the delusion of those who assume
that they are right because they are
in a minority, it offers no consolation
to those who reckon themselves blessed
beCAnse mett spertk evil Of thorn and, if.
may be, persecute them. It has happened
not unfrequently in some critical periods
of civil and ecclesiastical history that
minorities wxjre wrong and that the persecuted
wero very fa from being saints.
No people perhaps havo been persecuted
so universally and so bitterly as the Jews.
For generations, Church and State regarded
them as lawful prey, and fines,
conliscation, civil disabilities, tho fagot
and gibbet weru tho disgraceful instrumentalities
em ployed against those whom
men believed accursed of Heaven. And
yet, nothing is clearer than that this
same ppoplo were and arc fatally in error
? that they are to this day rejecting that
only Name through which we must he
saved. So far from encouraging or justifyingcven
a wilful and capricious defiance of
public opinion, its influence is recognized
and conformity to it, under just and carefully
guarded limitations,approved. The
apostle in his lirst epistle to Timothy,when
describing with great minuteness tho
qualifications of a Bishop, says, "he must
have a good report of them that aro without."
He exhorts Christians in his epistle
to the Romans to "provide things honest
in tho sight of all men." That public
sentiment which pronounces a Bishop
unworthy or incompetent, and which
brands as infamous, fraud and dishonesty
is to be accepted as authoritative.
If it bo cowardly and "pusillanimous in
some circumstances to go with tho multitude
and confess its will over law, it may,
in other circumstances, bo equally vi-j
cions to array ourselves against popular
sentiment. If one may involve tho betrayal
of the truth the other may involve
the championship of error.
It is natural for us to desire tho respect!
ani good will of our fellow men. This
principle when rightly directed and prop-!
erly controlled is tho constant friend ofi
virtue. It rouses the indolent, restrains!
the reckless and fostors many of thotonder
charities of life. These natural, implanted
prtaciplos religion does not seek
to extinguish, but to regulate. It assigns
them their p oper place as subordinate
and employs tlicm as helpers to other and
higher principles of action. When therefore
the Saviour assails this principle of
desire for human esteem and wordly
honor?a principle so universal in Its oporation
and so commanding in its influence?
he assails it as improperly exercised?ho
assails it as unsanctitied and
selfish?as supremo and dominant.
It behooves us to ponder this distinct
emphatic and sweeping indictment of
Him who knew what was in man, and
who taught as one having authority.
now can vb ueiiev# liiul receive iiimur
one of another?" The interrogative form
only makes the affirmation the stronger.
As 'if he had said, "it is impossible that
ye who receivo honor from men .should
believe."
What is there in this desire for worldly
honor, this love of human applause so
unfriendly to siucero, earnest religious
belief?
We answer it Is a principle which in its
tendency is thoroughly selfish. That it is
essentially selfish we are not prepared to
admit that in its operation it is universally
prudential and calculating the experience
of men contradiclH. But that its
trndcncy is to subordinate to itself all
other and higher principles of action?
that its tendency is to consider every
question from the standpoint of personal
interest; that its tendency is to lower
and render variable and mutable the
standard of Virtuo this same expo iem-e
of men amply confirms. Whenever public
opinion is made the rule of action he
who to-day shouts "Hosnnna to the Son
of David," mav to-morrow shout ju^t as
lustily "Crucify Him, Crucify Him;" ho
who under the rule of Cromwell is a ricid
Puritan, naming his nhildrpn out ot Nehemiah
and Chronicles, may bo. in the
reign of James II a devout Catholic,
faithfully repeating his Paters and his
Ares. As a rule of lifo it makes men
time-servers, trimmers and hypocrites,it
makes women vaiti and frivolous. Principles
are avowed which are not believed
?which it may be are loathed?others are
disowned which it may bo are loved and
cherished, and all from selfish considera
tinny.
It is easy to sco that against such tendencies
Christianity makes an uncompromising
war. The entire scheme is a condemnation
of selfishness. In the love of
the Father for mail, in the wonderful condescension
of the Son, in all his acts and
instructions and above all, in his sufferings
and death we have such a display of
self-forgetfulncsw, such a supreme consideration
for the Welfare of others, and
they the most unworthy, that we might
have supposed there was no occasion for
explicit prohibition. If we had never
been commanded, to seek not our own
but the things of another, if ,ve had never
been plainly required to deny ourselves,
we certainly would have found
the spirit of all this in Mi in who is our
great exemplar, and who laid down his
Ijl'e for the sheep. Thoso who would follow
Him. who would embrace a religion
which demands the crucifixion of the
flesh, which requires us to love our enemies,
and to pray for those who despitefullv
use us; which finds consolation ami
joy in persecution for righteousness sake
and in false accusation tor Christ's sake.
Those we say, who embrace this religion
must subordinate a principle which
hotly resents injuries, and which, if it
does not continue, certainly ignores the
virtues of humility and patience under
insult and wrong. Well might the Saviour
ask in view of it. "How^an ye believe
that receive honor one of another?"
We remark again, it is a short-sighted
principle, it looks only at that which is
saen and temporal. In its best and highest
exercise its snh'ere is limited to this
world. II11 man applause and worldly
glory cannot follow us beyond the tomb.
Now, no principle of action is a safe one,
no rnlo of life is a true one which does
not confeMxedly embrace the eternal conscqnencesof
action and the eternal issues
of lifo. He who gathers around him nil
the glories of the world, who is honored
with all those distinctions which men
covet so earnestly and yet who has made
no provision for the life beyond, is li?e
voyagers starting upon a wide and boundless
sea in a splendid ship, but without
lood or water. He who seeks the praise
of men, and makes earthly distinction
the end and the rule of life is trampling
upon the nobler instincts of his nature
and is crushing out all those anticipations
and aspirations which so plainly declare
man the son of God.
More than this, ho Is turning away
from that life and immortality which the
gospel brings to light. The religion of
Christ, so far as man is concerned, is preeminently
a religion of anticipation and
expectation. As its rewards and its joys
are yet to come, so its motives of action
in larger measure lie beyond the region
of sense and the boundary of time. Its
grand object is to deliver men from the
power of this world?from those influences
so ensnaring, so multiplied and so
mighty which would make iner creatures
of sight and sense only. It* comprehensive
injunction and its"fundamental principle,
regulating Christian life, is, "set
your affections on things above, not on
things on the earth." Cife is dignified,
; tlio most trivial action becomes impor
! tant in its connection with eternity.
Such a view of man and lifo furnishes
not only the hiirhest stimulant to exertion,
it is not onlv the efficient corrective
of indolence and sloth, but it is also the
balm of every wound and the solace of
our deepest grief. Ii sweetens the bitterness
of sorrow and blunts the keenest
edge of disappointment. In that wonderful
summary of woes which the apostle
gathers up in his second epistle to the
Corinthians, ho finds here the all powerful
antidoto. Troubled on every side,
perplexed, persecuted, cast down, we
faint not; for it is a light affliction, "while
we look, not at the things which arc seen,
but at the things which are not seen, for
the things which are seen are temporal
but the things which aro not seen are
eternal." "How then can ye believe
which receivo honor one of "another?"
flow is it possible for those who aro satisfled
with this, who desire no more than
this to embrace a religion; which makes
every endowment of genius, and every
position of honor desirable and valuable
bccauso, and only because, of their relation
to the future?only because these offer
to us opportunities of advancing the
everlasting interests of our fellow men.
How is it possible for them to seek Christ
when they nre content with being robed
in splendor, in being lifted to high civic
offices, in having titles appended to their
" "au i.i'aumiu on?i?*f.|ilur fhp'tr hrmi's.
i Ilow is it possible for those who call this
'greatness, to seek tiie honor that comes
! from God through faith in Jesus Christ?
I Desires which are thus hounded by time
jand satisfied with earth will make'Christ
: a root out of dry ground without form or
comeliness. They will make religion
I that dull and gloomy thing which so
! many conceive it to be. Say those who
,are influenced bv these desires if wo
| must renounce this world to gain the
j next, if we must crucify the flesh that
we may save the spirit, if things invisi1
ble arc to furnish the motives and ends of
life, then we choose the present rather
than the future and tho seen rather than
; tho unseen. Give me tho certain hoitors
of earth and time, rather than glories
! which no eye has seen and which are ap
prehended only by that mysterious principle
which you cill faith. This, my
, hearers, is tho vory spirit of those whose
J ambition is to appropriuto earthly disjunctions,
who have their hearts set on
: earthly glory. It has no fellowship with
I Christ and his religion. In its pride it
I asks, "What have wo to do with thee,
Jesus of Nazareth?"
I remark again and particularly that
this principle is opposed to the religion
of Christ just because it is supreme. No
man can serve two masters. Anything
if it be tho object of supreme desire and
supreme love will keep us from Christ.
Ye cannot serve God and mammon, no
more can ye servo (iod and fame. No
matter what the professions may be, the
iioiirt w mi ill a ftlranirer to Christ so lomr
its men arc not willing to forsake nil and
follow Uiittv ftfett may pFofess rOspcet
for his rcligioii| they may profess to om^
brace it, they may confess Christ before
men, may join the Church* may htlve
done this, arc doing it now, beeaiise tliey
love the praise of men, ahd yet the inquiry
comes to all such, "How can ye believe
that seek hoilor one of another?''
lie who professes as well as ho who denies
Christ from this principle is condemned,
because the love of Christ is not
in him. That it is the tendency of this
principle to become all controlling the
history of the world attests. It requires
on the part of the true Christian the utmost
watchfulness against the progress of j
this encroaching principle. It is a life
time work with him to acquire and maintain
a just conviction of bis own unworthiness,
and to keep in continual remembrance
that whatever distinguishes
himself from others, is not properly his
own, but that he is altogether indebted for
it to the undeserved bounty of Ileaven.
It is no easy matter for him to preserve a
proper estiinato of the real worth of human
distinction and applause. Acceptable
to him as are the praises of good men
he knows that the Praises of the world
are often indiscriminately bestrwed and
most precariously possessed. If it requires
all this vigilance and self-control
on the part of the Christian to moderate
and govern this love of worldly honor its
complete dominion is assured in the
hearts of those who see in it the best of
all gifts and the sweetest of all pleasures.
And when once seated upon the throne of
empire it drives out every rival and competitor.
The claims of religion atid of
the soul become subordinate. At any
and every sacrifice station and dignity
are to he maintained. NVe cannot omit to
say here that many of those moans employed,
I will not say necessary, to secure
honor from men'aro totally inconsistent
with the truth, candor and simplicity
which religion requires. What false
dealing, deceit, bribery are used to climb
the ladder of human greatness. State
craft has become the synonym for the
most artful and consummate treachery to
honesty and truth. He who can conceal
his real sentiments most successfully,
who can comply without scruple to the
will and dictation of tho populace, who is
cautious and timid where boldness would
he a virtue, and outspoken and unyielding
where he ought to l>4 reserved and
cautious, ho Is the man who passes
through an open door to worldly honor.
No trust is too high or too sacred to be
committed to him. Why, how do wo signalize
and cannonize, for its very rarity,
that honesty of purpose which sternly
declared, "I" would rather he right than
he President of tho United States " If
morality be thus basely compromised'
and dishonored in tho reckless race for
earthly distinction how can it he consist-.
cut with religion, with the complete subordination
of every unholy principle and!
affection, with earnest sincere love of;
God and obedience to his requirements?j
Now whether tho reasons we have assigned
for the antagonism between the)
service of Christ and the desire of human '
glory be tho true ones or not, viz: that as;
a rule of action it is selfish, temporal and
supreme: or if thoy bo true, whether or
not thoy are sufficient to maintain the po-1
sition taken ; whatever may be admitted |
or denied with reference to this, the fact!
is that there in such an antagonism. Our
Savior, iu the passage before us, uttered
one of those profound sayings which tho
experience of every generation since his
day has been confirming and illustrating.
To-day, If we were seeking for the high-|
est exemplifications of true piety would!
we look for them among those who are i
agitated by the envies, the rivalries and
jealousies of thoso struggling for place
and power? Would wo seek for them in
the Courts of Europe, in the British Parliament
or tho Congress of the United
States? No doubt there are sincere,
humble, earnest Christians in all these
high places, but be assured thoy are exceptions,
rare Exceptions.
It is a noticeable circumstance that in j
the ministry of our Savior, but two men ;
eminent for their station appear to have
been attracted to hitn. Nicodemus and
Joseph of Arimathea, and how very cautious
and timid they were. "Not many
1 mighty, not many* noble are called."
The lowly vales of'poverty and obscurity
have given to tho world its brightest examples
of true piety. Its Christians, mar-!
tyrs and confessors are from tho field, the
workshop, and tho loom.
It would be a great mistake, however,
to suppose that this desire of place and
love of human applause is confined to
high circles. As some one has said of
wealth, not many men are rich, but thero
are multitudes who seek riches. So the
principle here spoken of by tho Savior
finds a place in every walk of life. "We
discover it in the lovo of admiration and
praise, in tho universal acceptablenoss of
Hatterv, and above all in tho excessive
valuation of our worldly character; in
that watchfulness with which it is guarded,
in that jealousy when it is (juestionj
ed in that bitterness of suffering when it
! is impaired or lost."
I We wish to say that this principle has
its marked and decided influence on tho
young?particularly on young men. To
them there are no prizes so glittering,
there are no rewards so rich and splendid
as those which earthly glory offers.* No
plan of life is formed, no future is anticipated
without ifs Temple of Fame with
its vacant niche inviting the young aspirant.
My young friend, the declaration of
the Savior has for you its warning. He
found tho explanation of the unbelief of
the Jews in part at least, in the fact that
they were seeking honor one of another.
Poor and despised as he was they could
not receive him lest their good name,
tiieir standing in society would be compromised.
Worldly favor is the best gift
that time has to offer. It is something
I?5? !% ?i?a r*?atr louf full w lint uu
there arc greater calamities than earthly
shame, so there are things more to bo desired
than worldly credit. The best gifts
of earth arc vanities, they are toys when
compared to the favor of God, to the honor
that cometh from Him.
Remember that the world is corrupt
j and that it only loves its own. The judgment
of the world is that no good thinir
can come out of Nazareth. How significant
the language of theSaviorin another
place, "Wo! unto yon when all men
speafc well of you." "Who grasped at
earthly fame, grasped wind?nay worse,
a serpent grasped; that through his hand
slid smoothly, and was pone, but left a
stinff behind which wrought him endless
pain." My hearers, is the offence of the'
cross a stumbling block to you ? are you
ashamed of Christ? Do you refuse Him
becauso you love the praise of men.
Worldiy honor is uncertain, in its attainments
uncertain, and short lived in
its possession. "The world passeth away
and the lust thereof, but ne that doetii
tlie will of God abideth forever." Re|
member that which is highly esteenked
among men is abomination in tbesight of
God.
Remember above all things that if you
confess Christ, before men he will confess
you betore Ilis Father and the holy angels.
Fertilizers.
{Marion Merchant and Farmer.)
Wo aro glad to roc that some of
our best fanners have abandoned the
foolish,custom of biding and paying
!$50 to $70 and freight on 2000
! pounds of dirt to secure 40 pounds
j Sulphate Potash, worth $4.80; 200
' pounds Phosphoric Acid worth about
jjiSO, and 40 pounds of Ammonia officii
much less, worth about 68; or
; aggregating $3:>50 ; the average
Icmmereial value being much less,
say about $27 per ton Jt is very
I plain that farmers are paying just
double the value of the various
brands of fertilizers in use; or in
other words, pay about $30 for 1,700
| pounds of pure sand or other refuse
stuff, not as .nood as lb soil they
j bury it in. When our farmers shall
| have learned something of agricul
; tural chem stry or what is equally as
| calnable, learned by practical, intelligent
experience what their fields
need in tho wvy of fertilizers then
jthey may ho able to supply the want
i by getting tho article needed with|out
the additional weight and cost
| of trttnsportinjj six or eight times its
bulk in sand, which is already too
Iabundant in most fields.
NOTICE TO
; FARMERS AND OTHERS.
; The Way to Make Money is to Save it.
J ^ ND THAT YOU CAN DO BY BUYING
The Altman and Taylor
Engines, Saw Mills,
AND THRESHERS.
I The engines are of the "STANDARD PORTABLE,"
and TRACTION, OH SKLF-I'KO!
FELLING kinds. The SAW MILLS are.thc
I best in America. The THKESAKltS have no
i eouai.
| This machinery will be sold at the lowest
prices for c ish, or on a credit ranging from
I six months to two years.
T\\ II. WIIITI.CM'K, Dealer,
New Market, S. C.
I March 10,1882.
The Celebrated CLIMAX REAPERS,
Self-Binders, Table Rakes, and
Dioppers.
j Farmers, now Is the time to prepare for
jthc.se Labor-Saving Machines ry taking the
| stumps, rocks, and sprouts out of your grain
Ltlelds. I know these machines to be the best
'paying implements ever used on the farm,
i and it Is well to adapt your land for their use.
From four years experience with the CLIMAX
KEAI'Elt, I challenge machines of
any other make to meet me in the field on
trial of the'r own merits.
i I guarantee all machines which I sell to be
, first-class,and ask all parties who may want
anyoi them, to send me their orders by the
| lotTi of April, so that they may be tilled In
! time.
W. II. WHITLOCK,
New Market, s. C.
I March 10, 1882, It
THE OLD RELIABLE !1
ONE OK
THE BEST NEf ? ill !
IN THE SOUTH. !
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No Sensationalism! No Immorality! j
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1 ALI.-sT Is the oldest newspaper In the
South, antl perhaps Ihe oldest In the United
SUitcs, having been established In 178-').
While thoroughly Democratic in prlnclple.it i
is liberal, progressive and toleranj. The
CHRONICLE contain* the latent news from
all parts of the world, and is recognized as a <
ttrotrclass paper, <
As an advertising medium. It covers the
country In Georgia and South Caiollnutrlbu- i
tary to Augusta. j'
We endeavor to exclude sensational Ism. '
We publish no articles of an Immoral cliarac- <
ter. ?
TERMS: |
Dally, one year. $10 00
Trl-weekly, one year ?.. 5 00
Weekly, one year 2 00 1
Address WALSH & WRIGHT,
Augusta, Ga. (
Jan. 25,1882, tf
s. s s.
'piIE celebrated Indian Blood and Constltu1
tlonal Purifier.
EDWIN PARKER.
March 1,1382, it
Official Envelopes.
"RATH Room Paper.
" EDWIN PARKER. I
Murch 1,1882,2t I
DRUGS. ;
IIVER RESTORER, Pharmaceutical Prepj
anitlon, Fluid Extracts. Harter's I<Vver .
and Aeue Cure, Hartef* Liniment, Harter's '
Lunjf Balsam, Sheridan's Cavalry Condition 1
Powders?for cure of Horses, Cattle, 81ieep I
and Hogs?cnies loss of appet ite, tilde bound,
stoppage of bowels of water, thick wind,
worms, heaves,<tc., Barker's celebrated Horse
and Cattle Powders?superior to all.
EDWIN PARKER.
March l,18S2,3t I
music. ;
fl i UTOPHONE," with "i pieces of mtisic:
/V prlee Jfl.00?every family should have
one Who have no music In the house?easily
performed. EDWIN PARKER
March 1,1882,31
W. J. ROGERS,
MERCHANDISE BROKER.
i
TO THE MEKCHANTS:
I AM correspond!.*!: with all places West,
daily hunting up bottom prices on
GRAIN, FLOUR, HAY, BRAN, MEATS,
LARD AN D MOLASSES. Ready to give bottom
prices to my customers at any hour. All
produce Kimrunieed sound. I wire all orders i
iakon. Will zlve wire quotations In car lots. |
Give me your order*.
Office Cannon Store, next door to Branch
Hotel.
Respectfully,
W. J. ROGERS, Agt.
Feb. 15.1862, 3iu
To Arrive This Week. I
1 T ADIES NECK WEAR, In all the latest i
I j spring styles, Mother Hubbard Collars ]
in r^ace. Linen and .silk, Sailor Collars, Luco
Points, Ruffling*. <?c.
R. M. HADDON & CO.
March 1,1882. tf
NEW GOODS! NEW GOODSl!
TO ARRIVE THIS WEEK.
!
PIECES Checked MnMlna, 10 pieces
Cheeked and Stripe Piques, 50 pie?e?
Cotton Edgings, suitable for trim mint: aprons,
.children's elolhlng. <tc.. 100 gross Buttons
' from 5c to 50c dozun, Linen Flo*s, Wash Nelt.
25 dozen Linen Towels, 10 dozen Linen
Doylas, Table Linen, White and Colored,
j Crashes, Glass Towellnes, Black and Colored
' Fringes, new designs, Black >i?lk (the best we
have ever offered) at SI, Black Satin, Black
i Cashmere. Black Alpacas, Ac. These jtoods
will all be in store by t lie Inst of this week.
R. M. HADDON &. CO.
March 1,1882, tf
?TO?
? ? a ?tti at rt
IITTN if ?
-TRY OURGUANOS
AND ACIDS.
STAR AHD CRGWN B. AND.
T70U will find It dry nnd fine, Just right for
] d rl 111 ncr. Yon will find It prompt and
continuous In Its action. You will *lnd It
lusting in its etfccts on the soli. Quality nnd
standard jiuaranteed. No one can to wrong
In uslnst our FERTILIZERS. They have
i stood a test of ye irs trial.
QUARLFS & CO.
| March 1,18S2," lin
j "Herbine."
FOIl Dyspepsia, Constipation, Liver Complaints,
Fever und Agne or Chill*. Iilli
llousness <tc. EDNVIN PARKER.
Eeb. 21,
"Vegetable Tonic."
MIXTURE lor Dyspepsia, Xurn'gln, Pain
In Head and Fan-, I>nm Ane. A-.'he
! Calc e Ac. ED WIX PA RKER.
Feb. 21,?.
~W anted.
r? Y a vounz lady who holds a first grode cer
D UrteiUe from the Examining Hoard for
Abbeville Couuty, a situation us a teacher in
public school.
Address MISS LULA I. CASON,
Calhoun's Mills, S. C.
Feb. 22,1882, tf
State- of South Carolina,
Abbeville County.
IN TIIE PR03AT COURT.
In the matter of the estate of John McClaln,
deceased.
Ex Parte Ezeklel Harris, Petitioner.
Petition for Settlement and Discharge.
NOTICE Is hereby given that Ezeklel Harris,
as administrator, mm (extamento unnexo,
of the estate of John McClnin. defeased,
has flleil his petition lu this Court praying
that a final settlement may be made of the
said estate,and he discharged from said trust.
Ordered, that the .'Ird day of April next, be
fixed for the settlement and discharge as
prayed for.
J. FULLER LYON,
Judge Probate A. C.
To William McClnin, or his heirs, absent dedefendunis.
Take notice that the petition In the above
stated wise lias this day been filed in this
Court.
SAMUEL C CASON.
Clerk Court Probate.
Feb. 1, 1882, Ot
'PHE SCALES on the Public Square are now
1 owned by Mr. J. S. Hammond, who will
~ roltuhln nml OiWttnmofljl
' UU IIJU1IU IIIUIIIVU, ?
ting. The pud lie will find this the pluce to 1
havethelrproducc weighed.
Feb. 1.1802,41
MOVED
'I'HE FURNITURE STORE OF J. D. CHAL1
MERS Is now no lonuer up-stnlrs.
We occupy hall' of Dr. E. PAHKI-JR'S store,
where all of our best goods can be *een. On
the corner store at the Dendy Corner, we
' have It filled with COTTAGE BEDSTEADS,
! CHAIRS. TABLES, SOFAS, BUREAUS,
.FRAMES, Mol'LDlNCiS, Ac.
Call and see us. AS'o will sell you goods at
'city prices and upon their merits. Just what'
: they are.
Respectfully,
J. D. Chalmers.
Feb. 1, 1882, tf
Window Shades
!'pHAT will last for ten or twenty years?j
j * li; CHALMERS.
Feb. 1.1882, tf
Looking Glasses,
IOOKINO GLASS PLATES to till frames,
j of any size.
J. D. CIIALMEUS.
Keb. 1,1882, tf
New Goods! New Goods!
rpO arrive this week?one ea?e spring mll-j
1 llnery. K. M. HADDU.N & CO.
Marcb J, 1962, tf }
PKl'OKIETY IN PASSENGER AlM
I Lesson Taught to i Han Who wottfl
not Wear his (.'oat* ffiB
TIjp Augusta Chronicle and. Cbu-fft^H
ion a Hit suvs: "The trial of the case^B
William II. Johnson va- the Georj^M
Railroad for ?10,000, suit for damages, vflB
onCluded at Morgan Superior Court
Wednesday last. The <Hse grew out^H
in incident which occurred in the pass^H[
;er train of the above company one
last July. Among the passengers on t^^|
train was William H, JobhsotJ, a drulM
tner, of Pittsburg, Penn. While sitti^H|
in tlio ladies' car he pul'.ed off his co^H
ind was requested by Mr/ Harry H^B
:onductor, to pt)t it on again. This he
fused to do, when the train was stopi^^J
near MadMon and Johnson put off. iHH
Mse has since excited considerable int^HJ
>st in railway circles. The trial of
:ase reshlted in a mistrial. It is gener^H
y understood, however, that the ji^Hj
itood nine for no damage and three
(100 damages. It is not thought that tflH
oad would have stood a cent damages .MB
:hey were Contesting the spirit and pr^H
:lple of tho suit. It Is hot now believH||
hat the suit will bo pushed farther. Bflj
Jewish Refugees. flH
Nearly 3,000 Russian Jews have lanc^H
n this country, and those at New Yo^H
who are waiting distribution in an un<^H
Mipied building on Ward's Inland,
liscribed as a good-appearing cla^H
Fheir features afe not prononneet^B
Hebraic, and there are many fine blonc^H
imong the women. They come frc^H
Dddossa and took the first opportun|H|
if hospitality, after their long voj-age, H3
be vaccinated and make themselves ti^H
and neat. All speak Russian, Hebr^H
ind Gorman, quite a proportion spe^H
French and 0 per cent. English. A sto^H
* ' > u?ii i. ? i..?
rji ururimiii-?tii?ii?ii ^imiuaio u<? uvk|
put into their halids and are made dilig^H
use of. They repudiate the idea that tb^H
want to be peddlers or purine a comtn^H
cial life, Mo*t ot' them are farmers anj
mechanics, and they are anxious to IB
into farming com inanities. One wHH
was asked what he had suffered, said H|
had a little shop of millinery goods D
Kiev, which was gutted by the
The Paris committee, which was sent HR
Brody on the frontier to aid thefugitiv^H
there gatbored, selected the young, stro^H
mid seli'?snppoting to come to U>i< count^H
.The various Jews' emigrant aid onioH|
of Loudon, Paris and New York ba^H
contributed $62,000 to aid them. T^H
New York society furnished the beddii^H
for their present termporary depot.
present emigrants think 200,000 more
ready to come. H
Get Ready. ?
[Orangeburg Timet and Democrat.) HB
The general opinion of the State prrflH
sejnis to ho tliat it Is bes? for the Democn^H
lo open the campaign early. The reasons fM?
e.irly action seem to be sound. Tlie clreur^BI
stances In ibis campaign seem to be pecnlii^H
In oilier campaign years there was IcMdls^H
fecilon to begin with. Now It is quite dlffl^H
ent. Bowers of dlxcord are bu*y on eve^H
side. Every Democratic measure, whcth^H
wl*e or unwise, Is magnified by ofH<-e-Kc< k ?B
Into a blunder and a crime. Catchworc^H
campaign cries, and Imaginary Ills are selz^H
upon to inflame the popular mind and dlvl^H
the party. With such ngenclesat work,the^H
In no time to lose. A work or dlslntesratlc^H
ennnot be allowed to go on. On?anlzati<?i
and pnrty discipline Is needod. The dleatf^H
tlon docs not nmountto much now, but ir
Rpeedlly checked, many may be deceived lH|
false representation*. The Democrat* need H|
be continual, reminded of their danger, ai^B
warned against plausible stories, that. If
tened to, lead to disruption and rain.
pcace it is well to prepare for war. Let as fc^H
low this muxlrrt now nnd get ready for tfll
campulcrt. There Is hard work Ui be dorc^H
and It must be got at in tluie. Better
soon than too late. M
The itlantic and Frcnch Broad YaH
ley Railroad. R
The Edgefield Advertiser baa the folio*
ing gratifying intelligence, if true, coi
cerniug the Atlantic and French Broa
Railroad:
"Two gentlemen of our section, wli
have been up to Troy latoly, and retort
cd, bring very encouraging rumors col
cerniug the speedy commencement <
work on our Railroad. One minor is thi
within the conrse of the next month, fi*
hundred Irishmen will begin work i
either end of the line, that is Troy an
Edgctiuld. Another rumor is that tiftee
hundred Irishmen are to eouunenco di(
ging right here within our oorporate liu
its before three'weeks shall haveexpire<
These Irishmen are to be brought ot
from New York. Is not negro labo
cheaper ?
X Good Example.
[Anderson Intelligencer.]
A resident of University Heights ha
the quietude of his premises disturbed
few nights ago by the cries of a colore
girl, whom he found, upon inveatigatior
to be the subjeet of a severe flogginf
which was being administered by two col
ored women with whom she was Iivitif
Ifnnn innuirv. it was ascertained that th
?' r? -?s * * ?
girl had stolen about ten dollars, worth <
goods from a lady of the city for whor
she had been working, and that the wi
mail had been allowed to choose betv.ee
the punishments of a good whipping o
imprisonment in jail, and that they ha
wisely chosen the first' alternative an
were complying with their agreement
It such modes of punishment lor pett
crimes were more generally resorted t
the country would be better off, we ar
inclined to think.
A Most Promising' Beginning**
On Monday last, with extremely shot
notice, Mr. MeOowanSimkins, the youn
lawyer who lias just settled in in on
town, made a speech In defence of tb
eleven colored riotors who were tried 01
that day. This was Mr. Simkins' firs
speech, but fully did it evince the goo<
stuff that is in him. Indeed it prove<
him to be already both a lawyer and
speaker. And as we remembered hi
gallant father sleeping in his soldier'
grave, our'soul was filled with joy to so
the promise of the worthy son. Theelev
en negroes were acquitted.?EdgeflcU
Advertiser.
The Presbyterians of Trenton. John
ston and Edgefield are making a com
bined effort to raise funds enough to se
cure the services of a resident pastor
The clergyman whom they have in velv
is the Rev. S. L. Mirris, of Walhalht
We earnestly hope their eftort will tx
crowned with success.? Edgefield Ad
veftiser. Our Presbyterian friends o
Walhallii, we take it, will be very loth t<
give Mr. Morris up, and will not do s<
without a strong effort to keep him. Mr
Morris has been laboring very successful
ly among our people for five or six yean
and for a young man his preaching pow
ers are very pomising. We would besor
ry to see Mr. Morris leave us.?Keoice
Courier.
Game Law.?For the benefit of al
concerned we call attention to the follow
ing section of the game law:
Section 4. That it shall not be lawfu
for any person iu this State between in
loth day of March and the lath day o
September in any year hereafter to catch
kill, or injure or to pursue with suet
intent, or to sell or expose for sale, am
wild turkey, partridge, dove, woodcocl
or pheasant, and any person found guilty
thereof shall be lined not less than tei
dollars or be imprisoned net less than tei
days; which fine, imposed, shall go on
halt'thereof to the informer and the othe
half the reof to the school fund of th<
county wherein the offense was commit
ted.
Let us resolve in the beginning of thii
campaign that the people shall select tin
nominees of the party, and not that th<
nominees shall select themselves. W?
are too prone to make up the ticket frore
those who put themselves forward, in
stead of going about and seeking Ujos<
men who are best for the places, whethei
they announce themselves candidates 01
not. Let us try and illustrate the princi
nle that "the office shall seek the man
and not the man seek the office." In tbi<
way we will keep clear of otiice-seeken
and politicians."?:Rock Hill Herald
The settlement of J. W. Perrin, Treas
urer of Abbeville county, was examined
and approved, the admirable manner it
which the statement and accompanying
vouchers were made enabling the Comp
trollcr to make the necessary examinatioi
in less than an hour.
BARBER SHOP.
RICHARD GANTT. Is now prepared to dc
all work in his department in the bed
manner and at rca>onablc chafes. Monthly
customers Miavlnjr, liulr cutting and shanv
f>uolnz$l per month. Htutors honed and put
it the best condition for '& cents each.
Shop under the Press and Banner office.
March 15.1882. tf
FOLLOWINiPGOODS
-ATNew
York Cost
FOR CASH
CLOAKS,BLANKETS,DOLMANS
CANTON FLANNELS,
HATS in all Styles,
Embroidered Flannel,
Winter Prints,
Novelties,
AT
fMNINi fc TEMPI
, .1M .. .r M MM* v*ll
* Jau. 2o, 1SS1, tf